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HARTFORD — Kevin Ollie remains at UConn, with ties that keep him connected to the people in Connecticut. "I'm going to be here every year," Ollie told the crowd at Bushnell Park, many of whom were breast cancer survivors like his mother, before the start of the 22nd Susan G. Komen Connecticut Race for the Cure on Saturday morning. Ollie himself was participating in the 5K race and walk. "I want to see all your smiling faces this year," he concluded, "because it's going to be a good one." As Ollie, 42, prepares for his fourth season as the Huskies' head coach, two of his peers in college basketball have embarked on the road some have...

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